Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Lori Baily Vivian Girls were the last-minute/secret early-opener. More pictures from Friday night's show below...... more info

Pitchfork — The sha-la-la shamble-punks in the Vivian Girls have already been though all the fifty bazillion successive waves of hype and backlash that every Brooklyn band has to go through these days, and now they are officially bubbling. In April, they'll take... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for the Modest Mouse show at Terminal 5. Tickets are still on sale for Cat Power's Thursday show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for the Modest Mouse show at Terminal 5. Tickets are still on sale for Cat Power's Thursday show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Vivian Girls - Blind Spot (Daisy Chain cover) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Can't Hear My Eyes (MP3) "On paper it wouldn't really seem like these two bands, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (pictured above) and Vivian Girls,.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Vivian Girls - Blind Spot (Daisy Chain cover) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Can't Hear My Eyes (MP3) "On paper it wouldn't really seem like these two bands, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (pictured above... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Our good friend Will Abramson (of Keys 2 the City fame) hooked us up with the premiere of this clip of WAVVES playing new song "To the Dregs" live at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco. Look for this song to be released soon on 7" via PPM. Shot ... more info

JamBase — BEATLES AND KILLERS AND LIPSTICK WEARING MIDDLE-AGE MEN! Jack White - The Raconteurs :: Coachella 2008 by F. Reda Headliners Paul McCartney, The Killers and The Cure are among the 130-plus acts set for the tenth Coachella Music Festival at the b... more info

XLR8R — It’s a waterlogged November afternoon when I meet up with Cassie Ramone, Kickball Katy, and Ali Koehler of Vivian Girls at Atlas Café in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We’re safe from the rain in this den of glowing laptops and frothy cappu... more info

Pitchfork — Synergasm: let's do this! Pitchfork.tv is like Pitchfork except it moves. You know this. The web TV channel is full of music videos and great programs: the one where bands play in high places, the one where bands play in low places and the one with T... more info